This Is Rattle; La bohème review – a rigorous, uplifting kick-off

Barbican; Royal Opera House, London
His long-awaited homecoming is a triumph for Simon Rattle and the LSO. Plus, no boos for Richard Jones’s stylish new production of Puccini’s masterpieceOdysseus took only marginally longer than Simon Rattle to return to his homeland. It’s been a mighty wait, with many advance sightings of the recognisable 62-year-old conductor whose popularity, against all usual laws of gravity and the deadly effects of hype, continues to rise. In the past fe